Relationship between prenatal care and maternal complications in women with preeclampsia: Implications for continuity and discontinuity of prenatal care

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 576-582

  Liu, Ching Ming ^a   Chang, Shuenn Dyh ^a   Cheng, Po Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discontinuity of physician based prenatal care; Integrated prenatal care; Pre eclampsia; Prenatal care; Quality of obstetric care

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871722357     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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